Battle Tag

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Battle Tag
Developer(s) Ubisoft
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Director(s) Frédérick Raynal (Creator)
Producer(s) Gael Seydoux
Designer(s) Guillaume Drapier
Composer(s) Dominique Voegelé
Release
  • NA: November 2010
Genre(s) Laser tag
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Battle Tag is a laser tag-shooter hybrid game developed and published by Ubisoft. The game was revealed at E3 2010 at the Ubisoft press conference. [1] The game was released on November 2010 in Texas and Canada.

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Gameplay

Battle Tag shares similarities with laser tag. Players wear harnesses with sensors and shoot at other players with wired guns that are attached to their harnesses. [2] As the game progresses, the players' scores are uploaded to their Windows-based PC which tallies the scores and declares the winner. [2] The game contains a multiplayer leaderboard component so players can compete with others by high scores online. [2] Battle Tag uses an Ubiconnect sensor, which allows the players to play in a range of 1,000 feet from the sensor. [3] Matches are allowed to have a maximum of eight players at a time per ubiconnect device with a maximum of 5 ubiconnect devices or 40 players. [4] Players can use plastic markers to create parameters and requirements for their games. [5] The game will ship with two harnesses, two guns, and other accessories that add to the gameplay. [6]

Development

The game was presented by the game's producer Gael Seydoux as a "real live shooter that you could play at home with all your friends." [6] The game follows the trend of E3 2010 games to focus on more non-traditional aspects of gaming. [6]

Reception

Gaming critics were mostly confused by the game's presentation at Ubisoft's E3 2010 press conference. [5] [7] [8] Models and game developers armed with harnesses and laser guns began playing the game and running around the auditorium during the press conference. [7] The introduction of Battle Tag won GameSpot's "Biggest What the...?'" special achievement award from E3 2010. [7] G4's Andrew Pfister thought that presentation of the game was poorly thought through. [8] The Guardian's Keith Stuart stated, "I'm not sure I entirely understood what was going on". [5] Eurogamer's Ellie Gibson called it "Laser Quest for your house." [9]

Release/Pre-release

On 20 November, 2010, a limited test release of 15 Toys R US stores in Texas and all Zellers stores in Canada was announced. [10]

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